perdu Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hey guys Giorgio is cheating, he's using FURREN SUPERGOO, in Italian I guess (A guess because I am of course no kind of linguist) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, giemme said: Oh, and it happens to be a Navy Bird You could always build it as a RAF 74 Tiger Squadron jet - then it wouldn't be....!! Keith PS good work on the gaps! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Just now, keefr22 said: You could always build it as a RAF 74 Tiger Squadron jet - then it wouldn't be....!! Hold on Keith, I have the Airfix kit for a proper British Phantom, this one Just now, keefr22 said: good work on the gaps! Thanks, I'm quite happy with that 24 minutes ago, perdu said: Hey guys Giorgio is cheating, he's using FURREN SUPERGOO Wait, is that a real thing? Where do I get it? Ciao 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 2 hours ago, giemme said: Yes, I've explained it to Erwin in post #344, but here it is again just for you: Ah yes. Just yesterday then.......Looks like I've got problems with attention as well as memory....... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, giemme said: 1 hour ago, keefr22 said: You could always build it as a RAF 74 Tiger Squadron jet - then it wouldn't be....!! Hold on Keith, I have the Airfix kit for a proper British Phantom, this one I've got a soft spot for the 74 squadron jets as well (altho IIRC isn't there a debate about what colour grey they were painted? (More shades of grey anyone? - boom - boom )) cos back in the day my Jag squadron and 74 used to do a lot of affiliation training together (and had the odd party.....) Edited September 3, 2019 by Fritag 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Fritag said: I've got a soft spot for the 74 squadron jets as well (altho IIRC isn't there a debate about what colour grey they were painted? (More shades of grey anyone? - boom - boom )) cos back in the day my Jag squadron and 74 used to do a lot of affiliation training together (and had the odd party.....) Steve, Silvano @phantom61 is the guy for that, he has probably already built one of that squadron Ciao Edit: I didn't supposed you had parties... Edited September 3, 2019 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 6 hours ago, giemme said: Hold on Keith, I have the Airfix kit for a proper British Phantom, this one Sorry G, but you can't do a 74 machine from that one. 74 only used the F-4J (UK) and FGR2. The only RAF squadrons to use the FG1 were 43 & 111. Or I suppose you could do one of those there fishhead jets... 5 hours ago, Fritag said: isn't there a debate about what colour grey they were painted? They were delivered in US 'equivalent' colours over a particularly strong yellowish primer that gave them a greenish grey hue. There's a Lifecolor Japanese Navy grey acrylic that's supposed to be a very good match! IIRC they also had an incorrect serial font. Most (all?) of them were eventually resprayed into the correct UK greys with the correct serial font. Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 17 minutes ago, keefr22 said: Or I suppose you could do one of those there fishhead jets... Yes, that's what I meant. They are British after all, aren't they? Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom61 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, giemme said: Steve, Silvano @phantom61 is the guy for that, he has probably already built one of that squadron Ciao Edit: I didn't supposed you had parties... of course... I built 8 phantoms all UK 🇬🇧 this is the last born ... FG1 111 Sqn XV 574 Edited September 3, 2019 by phantom61 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 28 minutes ago, phantom61 said: I built 8 phantoms all UK That's a lovely Tiger Toom Silvano! I like the missile loader too, where did that come from? Edit: I missed the Tremblers jet, that's rather nice too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom61 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 24 minutes ago, keefr22 said: That's a lovely Tiger Toom Silvano! I like the missile loader too, where did that come from? Keefr... is old metal cast PP Aeroparts ciao Silvano 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Lovely fixing up G. I can’t remember having the step problem when I built mine. hang on I’ll have a look. ahhhh as you can see it looks like I didn’t realise that the under wing step problem was a problem. Seems I made quite a feature of it. Ahhhhh ignorance is indeed bliss in my case. 🤣😇 good luck with your one though, a shim and some filling. I’m always reluctant to co cRaZy with the files mind. 🤞🤞🤞🤞 Johnny. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 17 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Ahhhhh ignorance is indeed bliss in my case. Or it was a cunning plan Johnny - hide it in plain sight...!! K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 05/09/2019 at 17:04, keefr22 said: Or it was a cunning plan Johnny - hide it in plain sight...!! K Indeed! On 04/09/2019 at 23:44, The Spadgent said: ahhhh as you can see it looks like I didn’t realise that the under wing step problem was a problem. Seems I made quite a feature of it. Ahhhhh ignorance is indeed bliss in my case. 🤣😇 good luck with your one though, a shim and some filling. TBH, after I read your post I spent quite some time looking for a decent picture of the Eurofighter underside. In fact, there is a panel line there, both sides, so I somewhat understand Revell's rationale in engineering the kit this way. Too bad that they got it wrong in size, though: the rectangular part should extend more backwards (see pic, sorry for the size) the black line is the actual panel line, the red one shows where Revell put it. The back portion of that rectangle simply isn't there. So it's gonna be shimming, filling, reshaping (riffler files arrived, @CedB ) and rescribing. Fun! Ciao 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The Typhoon is coming along splendidly Giorgio. I thought of your byuild a few days back when we had the Bournemouth Air Festival down here. We live just the other side of Poole Harbour, which is where a lot of the fast jets often hold while waiting their turn to display. We were treated to our very own low level flypast (3 or 4 times) by a very noisy Typhoon. Certainly livened up the sleepy village of Langton Matravers for a few minutes! The Draken was quite neat too. Terry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Thanks Terry The Typhoon flypasts must have been exciting! I was lucky enough to see one a couple of years ago, while at the seaside in Southern Italy. BTW, my eldest daughter was in Bournemouth for a couple of week of studying holiday last August - she liked the place Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hi everybody, time for WE progress report. Wings: as I mentioned, I will tackle the bad fitting underside once the top wings are in place. Before that, more surgery was needed, since I want to represent the flaperons in the up position; so out came Airwaves micro saw, and I started separating the two movable surfaces and after some time and patience As you can see, the four of them sport a sink mark, in correspondence with the hinge moulded on their underside; a quick fill in with CA+flour, some sanding and polishing and.. here they are. Time to dry fit the wings, then: Gappy, especially port wing. Underside: The seam parallel to the leading edge will be a lot less evident once the wings are clamped for gluing, but the segment that runs along the wing tip must simply be filled in (it also goes across the slats panel lines ... ). Same for the other side So, before fitting them permanently, I thought of gluing some plastic shims on the wing roots (wing side), 0.3mm thick for port wing and 0.15mm - from yogurt cup, yeehh - for t'other (I used TET for the job) Once cured, I trimmed the excess with a razor blade and refined by sanding/polishing. You may notice that the corner formed by the leading edge and the root is quite irregular, so I filled it in again with CA+flour and reshaped, prior to gluing the wings in. Another dry fit Less gappy, but it will probably require more TLC after gluing. Clamps on! TET again for the job, now curing overnight. Comments welcome Ciao 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Nice work Giorgio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Looks like you have more clamps than Ced! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, CedB said: Nice work Giorgio Thanks Ced 2 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Looks like you have more clamps than Ced! I don't know, John: what you see in that last pic it's almost all I have ... Ciao Edited September 9, 2019 by giemme 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Nobody has more clamps than Ced LOL. Nice and steady G. You will sort this problem out in no time what so ever . Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 5 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Looks like you have more clamps than Ced! That sounds like a challenge...!! Neat gappy filling G! Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Looking good Giorgio. I do like the look of the big clamps, is that a locking one on the rear of the port wing? If so, where from? My main problem with clamps is keeping them attached on curved surfaces! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Spookytooth said: Nobody has more clamps than Ced LOL. Nice and steady G. You will sort this problem out in no time what so ever . Simon. Thanks Simon - yes, a bit more filling required but I'm almost there now 4 hours ago, keefr22 said: That sounds like a challenge...!! Neat gappy filling G! Keith A challenge I will not take up, Ced is unbeatable! And thanks for the comment, Keith 24 minutes ago, limeypilot said: Looking good Giorgio. I do like the look of the big clamps, is that a locking one on the rear of the port wing? If so, where from? My main problem with clamps is keeping them attached on curved surfaces! Ian Thanks Ian Yes, it's a locking clamp (there's actually two of them in that pic, one being upside down and not showing the release trigger). I bought them in a hobby and craft store, Le Roy Merlin to be precise, years ago. I have no clue about the maker, but I can check if there's anything moulded or stamped on them Edit: Found this on Amazon.it I wouldn't know how to call it in English, though: http://tinyurl.com/y2bjom5z As for the curved surfaces, the trick is to use blue tack: just put a blob on the curved part where the clamp is supposed to "bite", it will prevent it from slipping away. HTH Ciao Edited September 9, 2019 by giemme 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 4 hours ago, giemme said: A challenge I will not take up, Ced is unbeatable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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